Mapping social work education in the West Africa region: Movements toward indigenization in 12 countries' training programs

M Canavera, B Akesson, D Landis… - … Journal of Social …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the results of a systematic mapping of social work training programs in
countries throughout West Africa, a region historically under‐represented in global …

[HTML][HTML] Social workers' job satisfaction in public institutions

S Gad, T Nazarova, S Rzanova, S Makar - SA Journal of Human …, 2022 - sajhrm.co.za
Orientation: The effectiveness of social service delivery depends on the motivation of social
workers to perform their work well. Motivation is directly related to social workers' job …

Social work education in Albania: a developing landscape of challenges and opportunities

E Dhembo, B Akesson… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The social work profession in Albania is relatively young and social services in the country
continue to develop. But over the past three decades, Albania has experienced significant …

Changing public perceptions and supporting improved working conditions for the social service workforce: expert perspectives from a Global Delphi Study

B Akesson, L Milne, M Canavera, E Meyer… - Journal of Social …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The scholarship has yet to investigate the multifaceted ways that working conditions and
public perception both play a fundamental role in fostering a healthy and effective social …

Expert understandings of supervision as a means to strengthen the social service workforce: Results from a global Delphi study

B Akesson, M Canavera - Contemporary Practices in Social Work …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Learning on how effective social work supervision can strengthen the social service
workforce is especially limited in low-and middle-income countries. To address this gap, this …

Supervision during social work education and training in Francophone West Africa: Conceptual frameworks and empirical evidence from Burkina Faso and Côte d' …

M Canavera, B Akesson - Contemporary Practices in Social Work …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This article presents research exploring the conceptualization and practice of supervision
during social worker training in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, Francophone West African …

Social Services, Social Innovation and Multi-Actor Collaboration: A Civil Society Organisation Perspective

A Bozic - 2022 - uia.brage.unit.no
A central focus of this PhD dissertation is to advance an understanding of how social
innovation is generated through the perspective of civil society organisations (CSOs) that …

Social innovation in a post-conflict setting: examining external factors affecting social service NGOs

A Bozic - Development Studies Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
While the study of the influence of external environmental factors on non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) is well explored in the international development literature, the …

Unpacking social innovation by nonstate service providers in the challenging social work practice

A Bozic - Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2022 - websok.uis.no
Nonstate service providers in the form of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an
important role in the delivery of social services and the development of social work practice …

Higher Education Training in social work in Albania: insights from the experiences of the T@ sk project

G Mascagni, G Bulli - Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 2021 - usiena-air.unisi.it
Abstract In March 2020, the European Union decided to open accession negotiations with
Albania, candidate country since 2014. In order to achieve this important goal in the long …